Fossil fuels are the world's main fuel source for transportation, heating and generating electricity. As a by-product, high levels of CO2 are released into the atmosphere. With the drive for sustainable energy production, a method that generates easily-stored fuel from sunlight—and absorbs CO2—is a very attractive proposition. The California Institute of Technology ...

Abstract Raman imaging (RI) is a novel method of medical diagnostics of human breast cancer and has a potential to become a routine optical biopsy. Up to date the present study is the most statistically reliable Raman analysis based on data of normal, benign, and cancerous breast tissues for 146 patients. This paper present the first Raman ‘optical biopsy’ images of the ...

Styryl substituted terthiophene species have been used to produce neutral polythiophene species which show distinct Raman frequency dispersion. The polythiophene line B band shows dispersion values of: -0.12, -0.07, -0.1 cm−1 nm−1 for the phenyl, para-methoxy phenyl and para-cyano phenyl systems respectively. This is smaller than the dispersion values reported for polythiophene presumably because ...

Abstract The objective of this presentation is to discuss the results of the evaluation studies conducted on four commercially available field-portable Raman spectrometers. The data presented in this comparison will affect the forensic science community by assisting a prospective user in determining which portable Raman device may best suit their agency’s needs. This presentation ...

Endoscopic imaging is an invaluable diagnostic tool allowing minimally invasive access to tissues deep within the body. It has played a key role in screening colon cancer and is credited with preventing deaths through the detection and removal of precancerous polyps. However, conventional white-light endoscopy offers physicians structural information without the biochemical information that would ...

At a crime scene, a police officer collects a fiber sample that may prove to be invaluable evidence in identifying a criminal or exonerating an innocent person. While FTIR has been used for analysis in the past, the strong absorption of the fabric or the glass slide where it is mounted makes the spectrum very hard to interpret. In recent years, Raman spectroscopy has been studied extensively for ...

The Raman technique is gaining widespread acceptance as an investigative tool for forensic applications. This article focuses on the use of portable and handheld Raman spectroscopy in the field of forensic science and illustrates it with real-world examples. The benefits of Raman spectroscopy are well recognized for the molecular identification of unknown molecular compounds and as a result the ...

Introduction: Traditionally, a geologist's analytical toolkit consisted of a hand lens, rock hammer, acid bottle, magnet, and perhaps a polarizing light microscope back in the laboratory. In geoscience professions, these tools are increasingly being supplemented by field and laboratory instrumentation that utilizes spectroscopy. The availability of newly-developed, lower-priced ...

Research Objectives To validate SERS in a forensic context, and show the conditions under which Raman spectroscopy and especially SERS contribute to the value of forensic science. To compare both SERS and normal Raman spectra, and to explore the conditions in which each may be of value. To validate certain specialized SERS techniques To provide useful ...

Abstract Background: One of the most important areas of Raman medical diagnostics is identification and characterization of cancerous and noncancerous tissues. The methods based on Raman scattering has shown significant potential for probing human breast tissue to provide valuable information for early diagnosis of breast cancer. A vibrational fingerprint from the ...

Ever since the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended that all pharmaceutical companies test every raw material that passes through their manufacturing facilities, this practice has attracted great interest in the nutraceuticals, food manufacturing, cosmetics, and agricultural industries, pushing them to strive for more rigorous and technology-oriented quality control standards. In recent ...

In recent years. Raman spectroscopy has seen increased adoption as the technique of choice for the rapid identification of materials; especially for raw material identification in the pharmaceutical industry, identification of controlled substances and explosives for security applications, polymer material identification for packaging and plastics recycling, and mineral and gemstone ...

Measurements of temperature in laminar flames with localised extinction points were made using line imaging of spectrally resolved laser Raman scattering through the extinction process. A fit to the nitrogen scattering spectrum was used to determine temperature with an accuracy of 30 K. Temperature gradients through the extinction process were measured as the flame strength prior to extinction ...

I. INTRODUCTION Currently gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancerassociated death; accounting for approximately 600 000 annual deaths worldwide.1 The patients with gastric cancer have poor survival rates mainly due to the advanced stages upon the initial time of diagnosis when cancer cells have metastasized into other parts of the body. Early diagnosis and localization of ...

Raman spectroscopy is an established laser-based technology for the quality assurance of pharmaceutical products. Over the past few years, Raman spectroscopy has become a powerful diagnostic tool in the life sciences. Raman spectra allow assessment of the overall molecular constitution of biological samples, based on specific signals from proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates, and ...

Abstract: In order to diagnose and fully correlate structural, chemical, and functional features of macromolecules and particles in solution, we propose the integration of spectroscopy and scattering on the same measuring volume and at the same time in a dedicated sample environment with multiple probes. Combined SAXS/UV−vis and SAXS/Raman information are employed to study the radiation ...

Introduction: Up to 380 different minerals have been described in caves over the past century [1]. The presence of particular mineral phases has been used as indicators of specific paleoenvironmental conditions occurred in caves [2, 3]. On the other hand, processes involved in the genesis of some cave minerals have been proposed as potential analogs of minerogenetic mechanisms occurred during the ...

Abstract: Researchers from the City University of New York, West Virginia University, the New York Police Department Crime Lab, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have formed a multidisciplinary collaboration to further the application of Raman spectroscopy and non-destructive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) analysis techniques as applied to the evaluation of trace evidence ...

Cyanide is a great threat to public health, environmental safety and homeland security because of its extremely high toxicity and widespread usage in industry. Countering such a threat can be greatly aided by a rapid, sensitive, on-site detection method. Here, a pinhole shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) technique for cyanide sensing has been established, and a ...

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